Talbotton veterans rally against King Alcohol
Hon. O N Houser urged all veterans and sons of veterans to join the fight against King Alcohol in a Monday speech. Miss Mary Gurrett Smith, from Brenau University, returns for a brief vacation and will graduate this summer. An oversized hen egg defect reveals a second egg inside after being broken at a Centerville district picnic. Talbot County schools gather for reports and speeches by John A Smith and A P Persons with Supt H P Hewitt delivering results. A community dinner follows on a spring hillside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbotton
O. N. Houser
Sons of Veterans
Mary Gurrett Smith
Brenau College
Gainesville
Miss Smith
T. W. Morris
Mr. Morris
Centerville
Talbot County
Maxwell
Hart
Pottsburg
Ypsilanti
Spinks Chapel
Glenwood
Mt. Zion
Supt
H. P. Hewitt
John A. Smith
A. P. Persons
San Jacinto Day Reflections From Cottonwood Texas
In a Texas letter from Cottonwood dated April 21, 1915, J. Taylor Respess discusses San Jacinto Day, noting banks closed and rural carriers at home. He laments fading veteran reunions, contemplates future Confederate memories, and muses on crops like oats corn maize kaffir sorghum peanuts and beans. He mentions fruit hopes, Georgia seed and shrubs, a heavy rain, and asks Herald correspondents to reveal their identities.
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Cottonwood
Tex
San Jacinto
Lone Star
Grand Old Country
Santa Anna
Alamo
Texas
Georgia
The
Herald
Estella
Mark
Howard
Carsonville
Potterville
Turner’s Chapel
Daviston
Round Trip Fares Via Central of Georgia Railway Expositions
Round trip fares via Central of Georgia Railway to San Francisco and San Diego for California Expositions. Tickets on sale March 1 to November 30, valid three months from sale, never later than December 31, 1915. Also listings of events in May and June including conventions, reunions, and summer school by Georgia venues. For fares schedules and full details contact local ticket agent.
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Central of Georgia Railway
San Francisco
San Diego
Cal
Houston
Texas
Southern Baptist Convention and
Southern Sociological Congress
Columbus
Chautauqua
Fitzgerald, Ga
Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. of Georgia
Savannah
Georgia Barbers Association
Richmond
United Confederate Veterans Reunion
Rome
Baraca-Philathea
Athens
University of Georgia
Central OF GA
Sunny Southland Oak Hill memories of cross country to school
A nostalgic reminiscence of childhood in the sixties recounts trudging three miles to Oak Hill Seminary each day. The author recalls rough roads, muddy stretches, creeks with a foot log, and a miller who ferried children across when waters rose, cherishing a devoted teacher and hard-won education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southland
Oak Hill Seminary
Cosioh
Ecross
Test Farmers Prove Cotton Profit At Central of Georgia Farms
The Central of Georgia railway agricultural department reports test farms show cotton yields at threefourths of a bale per acre earning a net $11.01 per acre after costs. Overall, 1.125% acres cultivated. oats followed by cowpea hay yielded $25.85 per acre. Four crop club winners averaged $98.51 from cotton, $58.86 from corn, and $62.54 from oats. Shorthorn prizes spurred stock interest, rising registered herd to 260 head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department of
Central of Georgia Railway
Agricultural Department
Savannah
Great Man and the School House Road of Life
In reflective prose a speaker recalls a great man and the rules he lived by about reaching the school house. The piece contrasts past school life with modern advances and ponders future changes while affirming faith that divine guidance will pilot through life’s rivers and storms.
Proclamation by Governor Slaton offers reward in Taylor murder
Georgia Governor John M Slaton issues a proclamation announcing a one hundred fifty dollar reward for the apprehension and delivery of the unknown party charged with the murder of Henry W James in Taylor County on March 20 1915. The governor urges vigilance by all civil and military officers to bring the suspect to trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
John M. Slaton
Taylor
Henry W. James
Public Sale of Land in Taylor County Georgia
Public sale of land in Taylor County Georgia to satisfy four promissory notes issued December 6 1912 to Farmers and Merchants Bank Reynolds Georgia. Property is one half of lot 192 in 13th district, bounded by Fountain Ham Williams Mangham, sale at courthouse door Butler on May 20 1915 between legal hours for cash. Note due dates October 1 1913 1914 1915 and 1916. Vendor WF Weaver attorney.
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Georgia
Taylor County
J. H. Williams
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Butler
T. J. Fountain
J. E. Ham
T. F. Williams
J. E. Mangham
Victoria K
Farmers & Merchants Barn
Reynolds
WF. Weaver
New Judicial Circuit Called Meeting in Fort Valley Ga
Members of the Bar of Floyd Taylor Macon and Houston are summoned to Fort Valley Georgia on May 14 1915 at 10 oclock a m to discuss forming a new Judicial Circuit and to handle any other proper business. Dated April 26 1915 A C Riley Chairman of Executive Committee for New Judicial Circuit.
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Ord
Taylor Macon
Houston
Fort Valley
A. C. Riley
Judicial Circuit
Deafness Cure Claim From Hall's Catarrh Cure
An advertisement claims deafness from inflammation of the Eustachian tube can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness due to catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and invites readers to send for circulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minsearing Wi Lestroy
Hall
Aan
J_ CHENEY & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Advice on meals and digestion for workers
The text advises having the heartiest meal at night or after work, recommends fruit toast soft boiled eggs and oatmeal for breakfast, and warns against heavy food when work intermissions are short. It notes that many people who eat heartily and return to work quickly suffer from dyspepsia.
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Home-Journal
Perry
Houston County
Thomaston Times
Grace Primitive Baptist Church
Stults
Missionary Baptist Church
W. W. Arnold
Leader Tribune
R. C. Louder
Gladys Estelle
Macon
John Q. Adams
W. A. Melvin
Gertrude Williams
Gena Riley
E. G. Thomas
Hiram Warner Hill
Supreme Court of Georgia
C. E. Martin
Leader-Tribune
W. A. Watson
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
J. M. Bass
South Georgia
Bass
Stapleton
Marion County
S. R. Montgomery
Norwich
J. W. Mitchell
Mauk
Buena Vista
J.J. Dunham
Washington, D.C
Bob Rogers
Fred Garrett
Charing
Cornelia Dudley
Neil Stokes
Will Story
North Carolina
H. B. Bell
Clayton, Ga
Rev. Bell
Mercer University
Casey’s
Turner's Chapel
J. Taylor Respess
A. J. Barrow
Philip Cook
NEW Judicial Circuit
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